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their ratings would have gone down if mitt romney was president. >> yeah. >> when you consider that -- when you consider what they have to do is try to emulate what their base is feeling, i think that's what we're looking for here. >> stephanie: i was going to say, let's hope for rush limbaugh's sake that there is something that -- i guess the american people are going to like about being insulted every day now. you are all stupid -- >> well, that's the risk right? it's not just the insulting. it's if republicans do not work with president obama when, you know, this election was really about that and the president's efforts, the republicans still won't come to the table, i think that that is potentially -- you know, intent -- incredibly damaging for them in 2014. >> stephanie: right. we wish rush and glen with the whole america's suck for the next four years. >> this is showing me that the body of america is even sicker than i thought it was. >> i am fascinated by our country, because we have changed so rapidly. 12 years ago i could say with real assurance, i knew who americans were.
their ratings would have gone down if mitt romney was president. >> yeah. >> when you consider that -- when you consider what they have to do is try to emulate what their base is feeling, i think that's what we're looking for here. >> stephanie: i was going to say, let's hope for rush limbaugh's sake that there is something that -- i guess the american people are going to like about being insulted every day now. you are all stupid -- >> well, that's the risk right? it's...
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then he goes on a "media" news outlet and says, yeah, yeah, take it off the bothered off the board. i haven't decided if i'm going to call it an election or not. here comes cable news history as he makes megyn kelly walk back to those who called the election for fox news. >> karl rove said we should figure out what the deal is, mngyn, i'll watch you go down to the steps to interview them. >> we were thinking this wouldn't be necessary. but, hmm as it turns out we'll do a little interrogation to see if they stand by their call. this is the decision desk. you tell me whether you stand by your call in ohio given the counts that karl rove raised. >> we're quite comfortable with the call in ohio. >> cenk: that was an awesome walk of shame. guess what happened at the end. turns out president obama won ohio and the election. oops? what now karl. so karl rove in the middle of the ring. who will land an elbow on top of his head? karl rove. why did you predict that romney would win the election when there was no basis for that. why did you tell these guys on fox news no, no, i need to call th
then he goes on a "media" news outlet and says, yeah, yeah, take it off the bothered off the board. i haven't decided if i'm going to call it an election or not. here comes cable news history as he makes megyn kelly walk back to those who called the election for fox news. >> karl rove said we should figure out what the deal is, mngyn, i'll watch you go down to the steps to interview them. >> we were thinking this wouldn't be necessary. but, hmm as it turns out we'll do a...
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. >> jimmy: yeah, no one even really knew mitt romney. >> sure, sure. romney is here on number nine. this is a very brief code he's going to break. i want to say this, jimmy. i don't play games and carson would have respected me for this as well. i failed. i failed in my prediction. and what i predicted foresaw would be the man running for republican candidate. one year from -- but -- wait until you see who i wrote. wait -- can you over there and we'll translate. let's go over right now. [ light laughter ] no, no, i failed. listen folks, i failed. the code -- the code -- the code is -- the code is -- the code is apl. what's the first letter again? that first number? like we had before. >> jimmy: two. >> two. what is -- >> two is a. and the next letter, number is what? >> jimmy: five. >> five. >> pharrell: five is p. >> p. and then the next number? >> jimmy: four. >> so it's apl, which says there, is my prediction for the republican candidate. >> jimmy: apple. >> all right, here is -- all right. [ laughter ] now -- now -- write these large now. what's th
. >> jimmy: yeah, no one even really knew mitt romney. >> sure, sure. romney is here on number nine. this is a very brief code he's going to break. i want to say this, jimmy. i don't play games and carson would have respected me for this as well. i failed. i failed in my prediction. and what i predicted foresaw would be the man running for republican candidate. one year from -- but -- wait until you see who i wrote. wait -- can you over there and we'll translate. let's go over right...
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and i will say in mitt romney's case -- >> yeah. >> -- mitt romney had 100 different sister soulja moments over the past three years he could have taken. when glen beck came out several years ago and called the president of the united states a racist who hated all white people, that would have been a great time -- and igsd said an the show -- to show he was distancing himself from the hate or extremism. >> or when he called that woman a slut. it would have cost mitt romney nothing to say something more forceful to rush at that moment and yet he refused to do that. it would have helped them. very weak. very weak. >> they make a couple of really big mistakes. one was that they thought the anti-obama hatred would drive enough people to the polls. there just weren't enough -- there wasn't enough hatred out there to turn out enough people, number one. number two, they thought the economy would trump everything else. and in the end, the economy was picking up just enough to push the president over 50 points and weaken that argument. and republicans will not have that argument in 2016. last mista
and i will say in mitt romney's case -- >> yeah. >> -- mitt romney had 100 different sister soulja moments over the past three years he could have taken. when glen beck came out several years ago and called the president of the united states a racist who hated all white people, that would have been a great time -- and igsd said an the show -- to show he was distancing himself from the hate or extremism. >> or when he called that woman a slut. it would have cost mitt romney...
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. >> reporter: defined mitt romney as an exploitative businessman unconcerned about the middle-class. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: but jim messina said ultimately it was the face-to-face contact that sealed the deal. >> we invested in the grass-roots and for a year people said, you know, why are they spending so much money in these states and we were helping local people build a volunteer grass-roots army out there to talk to their friends. >> reporter: now, that kind of contact worked very well for the president with early voters here, scott, and it staked himtor a more than 200,000 vote lead in that category. >> pelley: it certainly worked, dean, thanks very much. all day long yesterday we were talking to voters as they left the polls all across the country. anthony mason is in studio 57. anthony, what did the voters tell us about why they voted the way they did? >> reporter: scott, the president built his reelection victory around the same coalition that put him in the white house four years ago. we saw a pronounced gender gap in our exit polls. governor romney won men by seven
. >> reporter: defined mitt romney as an exploitative businessman unconcerned about the middle-class. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: but jim messina said ultimately it was the face-to-face contact that sealed the deal. >> we invested in the grass-roots and for a year people said, you know, why are they spending so much money in these states and we were helping local people build a volunteer grass-roots army out there to talk to their friends. >> reporter: now,...
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would romney have been a better candidate funnywise? >> yeah. barack obama is so cool and calm and reserved. you know, he's not going to have that crazy moment. i was of two minds. i voted for barack obama, but my comic funny bone was like, mitt romney, that's like two hbo specials. >> you have biden. >> biden is always -- >> not just biden but seriously hinting he may run in 2016. what kind of a boone is that for you? >> let's hope not. >> i thought it was hilary. i thought hillary was going to run. >> chris christie, snl's clip of chris christie. i thought that was hysterical. then we'll talk about it on the other side. >> i would like to give a sincere thanks to president obama for how he handled the situation. on election day, i'm voting for mitt romney. but if i had to pick one guy to have my back in a crisis it would be barack obama. he has been amazing. you know, so kind, such a leader, true inspoiration. again, i'll be a good soldier. i'll vote for romney, but i'm going to hate it! can you hear me? i will hate it! >> boy, he really endor
would romney have been a better candidate funnywise? >> yeah. barack obama is so cool and calm and reserved. you know, he's not going to have that crazy moment. i was of two minds. i voted for barack obama, but my comic funny bone was like, mitt romney, that's like two hbo specials. >> you have biden. >> biden is always -- >> not just biden but seriously hinting he may run in 2016. what kind of a boone is that for you? >> let's hope not. >> i thought it was...
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>> yeah, well, from the very beginning when governor romney got tho spo this race he and his adviserred decide they wanted this to be a referendum on presidenpresident obama's stewaf the economy and they thought governor romney, given his years of experience in the private sector could present himself as the only republican sort of with the skills and upon-how and experience to turn around the economy and they were just going to hammer that message all year long. and, indeed, they did. but when the bain capital attacks came, the romney campaign was pretty prepared for them. you'll remember back in 1994, in his race against senator ted kennedy, he dealt with a lot of these same attacks over his career at bain capital, over the layoffs and closure of a lot of factories that bain was investing in, so the romney campaign was prepared for those attacks but they did not expect they would happen in the context of the republican primary. they thought this would wait until the general election. and when newt geng rich and rick perry brought it up in january of 2012, the rom no campaign pretty ef
>> yeah, well, from the very beginning when governor romney got tho spo this race he and his adviserred decide they wanted this to be a referendum on presidenpresident obama's stewaf the economy and they thought governor romney, given his years of experience in the private sector could present himself as the only republican sort of with the skills and upon-how and experience to turn around the economy and they were just going to hammer that message all year long. and, indeed, they did....
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pretty much like mitt romney this year. i know they always find some black people say oh, yeah, this is somebody that i know -- [laughter] but the fact of the matter is that if you look at his career and the aides that he had when he was a senator, all of the things in terms of the history. john mccain had no association whatsoever. so when he ran for the presidency in 2008, black people were not even on his radar. the african-american vote -- it was basically off-limits. that was not possible to appeal to them. that was a mistake. a lot of publicly expressed racist sentiment and the attitudes that go with it -- a lot of that came from the fact that republicans all of a sudden decided that black people are off limits. so we can have -- we need to appeal black people. black people are religious and i know they don't like gay marriage and so forth -- let's go to ohio and go to churches and go to african-american leaders. let's appeal to those african-americans based upon our shared values. and also our shared values are again
pretty much like mitt romney this year. i know they always find some black people say oh, yeah, this is somebody that i know -- [laughter] but the fact of the matter is that if you look at his career and the aides that he had when he was a senator, all of the things in terms of the history. john mccain had no association whatsoever. so when he ran for the presidency in 2008, black people were not even on his radar. the african-american vote -- it was basically off-limits. that was not possible...